Keep up the campaign In his letter supporting the rights of squid (“Preserve squid beach,” Village News, July 23, page 6), Dan Linn raises the consciousness of all right-thinking citizens. Yes, what will bring spendthrift tourists, what will the lawyers do, what will schoolchildren learn, how will newspapers survive without Squid Beach? We need the sights, the suits and countersuits, the bus trips to observe nature, the newsworthy topics that our noble wild squid provide. Thank you, Dan. Keep up the campaign, blaze, pop! Save Squid Beach! Mary Krimmel, La Jolla Does City Council have the will? Re article “Seal deal goes back to court this morning (dispersal order stopped),” published 7/23/09: Now that the governor has signed the recently passed SB 428 bill that adds some additional language to the original trust agreement, many people are happily jumping up and down in the belief that this matter will finally come to an end with the City Council deciding to follow the City Attorney’s and Mayor Sanders’ advice and declare their intent to make the site exclusively a marine mammal viewing park once SB 428 becomes law on Jan. 1, 2010. I believe that they and everyone who now believes that “… before long, this costly exercise will be concluded” are incorrect in taking this position. Instead, this view and pursuing such a policy will surely result in even more wasted time and money since the new language merely adds an additional specific use to the other existing specified uses. It does not change, remove or give it priority over any of these other enumerated uses. And, most importantly, it does not mean that the trust in its amended form will soon allow the City Council the “discretion” to let the seals stay, as they and state Sen. Christine Kehoe apparently believes it will.  As of now, the city is still adjudged as being in breach of the Tidelands trust and will continue to be should it decide to ignore their continuing duties to restore and allow the public to access the site and engage in any of the other expressly stated uses. Trust agreements, especially public trust agreements, are at the top of the list of agreements that must be strictly adhered to and faithfully executed. What the City Council should now do is ignore the City Attorney’s bad advice, quit wasting our tax money fighting to overturn the state court decision, and comply with Judge Pate’s orders to clean, restore and maintain the Children’s Pool for all of the expressly stated uses, especially for the main intended use as a “…bathing pool for children…” The question is, does the City Council have the will to do what they’re legally obligated and have been ordered to do? Or, are they going to worry about their next election and take what is maybe a more popular position and thereby prolong this matter for even longer than they already have? I hope they choose to show some integrity and intelligence and choose the former. If it’s to be the easy way out, it won’t be as easy as they may think it will be. Charles R. Barringer, La Jolla Don’t let this happen Children vs. Seals: I’ll speak for the children. The Children’s Pool, open to all, is mainly designed for toddlers and three of our 5-year-olds to wade, fill their pails and learn to swim without fear of waves. On most California beaches, waves break at toddlers’ height or higher. How many adults swim in waters where waves break over their heads? Environmental impact: As more and more seals settle in this sheltered spot, the ensuing pollution will create a foul stench, unfair to the nearby residential areas; for example, Seal and Bird Rocks in Pebble Beach where the stench is formidable when the wind blows onshore. As the seals deplete the fish in La Jolla Canyon (isn’t this supposed to be an Underwater Park where divers can observe marine life?), and local areas, they will have to seek their food farther and farther out. Sooner or later the sharks will come, and there will be loss of life as there has been on several occasions at Spanish Bay near Seal and Bird Rocks. Aren’t beaches in California legally open to all below the high water mark? How then can a city arbitrarily turn a beach designed mainly for children into a marine reserve for seals? Don’t let this happen. Alice W. Barry, La Jolla